Johann Joseph Adam Homeyer

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Johann Joseph Adam Homeyer (born December 24, 1786 in Weißenborn im Eichsfeld , † November 24, 1866 in Duderstadt ) was a German church musician and organist .

life and work

Creutzburg organ by St. Cyriakus (1735) in Duderstadt, on which Homeyer worked for almost 50 years

Johann Joseph Adam Homeyer was born on December 24, 1786 in Weißenborn . His father was the teacher Georg Homeyer, who taught him and his brother Heinrich the basics of piano and organ playing. In 1817 Johann Joseph Adam Homeyer took over the office of organist at St. Cyriakus in Duderstadt, which he held for almost half a century until his death. On the basis of an input by the “organ and piano virtuoso” Homeyer, who was very well known at the time, Johann Andreas Engelhardt carried out an extension of the organ by Johannes Creutzburg (1735) in 1859 .

Homeyer was married to Anna Aloysia Bock (born August 22, 1799 in Teistungen; † February 3, 1860 in Duderstadt). His son Joseph Maria Homeyer was later also known as a piano and organ virtuoso.

Johann Joseph Adam Homeyer became known for a chorale book for the Catholic hymnbook, which he wrote in 1840 and which saw a second edition in 1849. The chorale book was published posthumously in an expanded form in 1870 and was distributed nationwide, including in Austria. A short two- or three-part introduction of half a bar or a bar, mostly in eighth notes and occasionally fugatical, is followed by the four-part choral movement. The individual lines of the song are interrupted by short interludes according to the taste of the time. In 1846 Homeyer published his work The Altar and Responsory Song of the Catholic Church after the Roman and Mainz singing style . The practical edition, approved by the bishop, includes four-part accompanying movements in different keys for Gregorian chant and an explanation of the church modes .

literature

  • Karl Wüstefeld : Johann Joseph Adam Homeyer. A contribution to the church music history of the Eichsfeld. In: The Diocese of Hildesheim in the past and present. Yearbook of the Association for History and Art in the Diocese of Hildesheim. ISSN  0341-9975 , Vol. 37, 1969, pp. 50-66.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wüstefeld: Johann Joseph Adam Homeyer. 1969, pp. 50-66.
  2. ↑ Paul Heggemann: The St. John Creutzburg organ from 1735 in Duderstadt. In: Ars Organi . Vol. 55, Issue 3, September 2008, pp. 182-189, here: p. 182 (PDF).
  3. ↑ Genealogisch-Heraldische Gesellschaft Göttingen eV , accessed on December 9, 2018 (PDF).
  4. ^ A b Franz S. Gassner: Kirchliche Tonkunst. In: Historical-political papers for Catholic Germany . Vol. 14, 1845, pp. 462–466, here: p. 463 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ↑ Complete chorale book for the Catholic Church with special consideration for the Principality of Eichsfeld and the Mainz Diocese. Uckermann, Erfurt 1840 ( online ).
  6. ↑ The work was published in 1870 under the title Complete Catholic Choral Book and was advertised in the magazine for Catholic church music. 3. Jg., 1870, p. 81 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  7. ↑ Latin parallel title: Cantus Gregorianus ecclesiae Romano catholicae ( limited preview in Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Homeyer, Johann Joseph Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Homeyer, Johann Josef Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician and organist
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißenborn , Eichsfeld
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1866
Place of death Duderstadt